Rise of Authoritarian Leaders
This German leader became dictator in the 1930s.
Who is Adolf Hitler.
The idea that the U.S. should stay out of foreign wars.
What is isolationism.
Laws passed in the 1930s to keep the U.S. out of war.
What are the Neutrality Acts.
A program that sent supplies to countries fighting Axis powers.
What is the Lend Lease Act.
Giving in to demands to avoid conflict.
What is appeasement.
This Italian leader created a fascist government before WWII.
Who is Benito Mussolini.
This earlier war made Americans cautious about joining another conflict.
What is WWI.
The Neutrality Acts banned selling these to nations at war.
What are arms.
This president approved Lend Lease to support other nations.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
This 1938 agreement allowed Germany to take the Sudetenland.
What is the Munich Agreement.
This type of government gives one leader total control.
What is totalitarianism.
This investigation said businesses may have influenced U.S. entry into WWI.
What is the Nye Committee.
A policy allowing trade only if countries paid cash and transported goods themselves.
What is cash and carry.
FDR said helping other countries was like lending this household item.
What is a garden hose.
This British prime minister believed appeasement would keep peace.
Who is Neville Chamberlain.
This economic crisis helped these leaders gain power by causing hardship.
What is the Great Depression.
Americans feared losing many soldiers again in another war.
What are high casualties.
These laws were meant to prevent involvement caused by this factor from the past.
What are loans and trade with warring nations.
Lend Lease mainly supported countries fighting against this group.
What are the Axis powers.
Germany's invasion of this country proved appeasement failed.
What is Poland.
In Japan, military leaders like this prime minister took control and pushed expansion.
Who is Hideki Tojo.
The U.S. wanted to focus on fixing problems from this event.
What is the Great Depression.
The Neutrality Acts showed the U.S. wanted to avoid this type of global conflict.
What is a world war.
This act showed the U.S. was shifting toward this type of involvement.
What is supporting the war without fighting.
Appeasement failed because dictators continued this action.
What is expanding their territory.